Mapping your customer’s journey is the best way to understand their needs at each of the four phases of their interaction with your brand: Discovery, Engagement, Transaction, and Advocacy.

While most retailers and brands have spent time and resources in the Discovery phase, many have struggled to sustain high levels of Engagement. This is often a result of not understanding the needs of their customers and instead focusing on their own sales growth.

Additionally, while much of the marketing emphasis is directed to the transaction phase of the customer journey, far less is directed to the place where sales growth truly takes off and that’s the Advocacy phase of the customer journey. We see a similar challenge with the Customer Journey for HBC. With the sheer volume of health and beauty-related content available online, is your brand well positioned to ride the current growth curve in the HBC category?

Customer journey mapping ensures that these brands are well positioned to reach your ideal customer at each phase of the journey. In Discovery, for example, how have you positioned your brands in the minds of your customers when they are looking to solve specific health and beauty problems?

Even once they have found you, is your product or brand the kind that your customers want to talk about publicly? If not, you need some creative strategies to encourage better levels of Engagement so that they will look to Transact with you. When your product or stores deliver on their promise, you have a golden opportunity to develop and cultivate Advocacy – but only if you are listening and paying attention to what your customers are saying about you and your products.

About Bill Carmody

Bill Carmody is the founder and CEO of Trepoint and a 22-year digital marketing veteran, author, and regular columnist for Inc., where he has written more than 200 columns on digital marketing, entrepreneurship, and work-life balance. His purpose in life is to be an inspirational leader who enjoys solving problems and creating breakthroughs for those brave enough to build a better future.

(To see the full playlist, click the menu icon in the upper left corner of the video player)

Bill Carmody spoke about mapping the customer journey during ECRM's Store Brand Health & Beauty EPPS, and it was a HUGE hit among attendees. The video playlist above features some key takeaways from his presentation. He will present how to map the customer journey for the Sun Care and Personal, Oral and Grooming categories next month in Orlando.

This website uses cookies to optimize user experience, offer tailored content, enable social media functionalities and to improve overall services. For more information on the use of cookies, please review our Privacy Policy. Click Accept to allow the use of cookies.